ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND ITS PHYSICAL FEATURES AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS

PHYSICAL FEATURES
This state is land of lush green forests, deep river valleys, plateaus and mountainous with the Himalayan ranges lying along the northern borders crisscrossed with north-south running ranges. These divide the state into five river valleys: the Kameng, the Subansiri, the Siang, the Lohit and the Tirap. A series of foothills lie in the southernmost part of the state, rising from the Assam plains to touch altitudes of 300 to 1000 metres.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency its terrain consists of submontane and mountainous ranges, sloping down to the plains of Assam, divided into valleys by the rivers Kameng, Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Tirap.
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS:
Prior to 1962 the area was known as the North East Frontier Agency (NEFA), constitutionally a part of Assam.
State was administered by the Ministry of External Affairs until 1965 and subsequently by the Ministry of Home Affairs, through the Governor of Assam.
1972 - it was constituted as a Union Territory and renamed Arunachal Pradesh
20 February 1987- became the 24th state of the Indian Union.